< 1 minute readIt’s always reassuring when someone you suspect of being a complete dickhead confirms that yes, in fact they really are a complete dickhead. “@courtnewsuk: Tom Maynard abandoned his Mercedes with the engine still running,Blackberry logged in to his Facebook page” Darwinism at work — Edwina Currie (@Edwina_Currie) February 26, 2013
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How will Australia win Tests in India?
< 1 minute readEngland fans appear to be making the most of Australia’s eight wicket defeat to India, drawing all sorts of conclusions based on this one Test match. This shows a certain lack of awareness when their own team recently lost the first Test in a series in India by nine wickets.
Continue readingMS Dhoni does much of the job himself
< 1 minute readIf we had to sum up the opinions aired regarding Dhoni’s captaincy yesterday, it basically boils down to something like: “Yes, he could do a bit more to support and encourage his bowlers, but it probably doesn’t matter all that much because they’d still be pretty middling even then –
Continue readingDoes MS Dhoni make Test cricket interesting?
< 1 minute readSpeaking about captaincy in his interview with the Guardian, Ian Chappell said: “I also felt – and I think this is overlooked a bit – that it was your job to make the cricket interesting for the players. In doing that, you get the best out of your best players.
Continue readingIan Chappell’s view of squad rotation
2 minute readThere’s an interview with Ian Chappell over at The Guardian (in which he comes across very well) and there’s a couple of things in it that we want to talk about. The first is Chappell’s view of the modern world of rest and rotation: “I can understand that you’ve got
Continue readingOne of Australia’s bowlers can kind of bat
< 1 minute readThat’s the big news for the Australians today. Moises Henriques might well turn into the next Jacques Kallis or the next Imran Khan, but at present there’s a vague scent of bits and the distinct whiff of pieces in the air. Henriques is one of the better Test players born
Continue readingBuilding a cricket team Surrey style
< 1 minute readRicky Ponting’s signed for Surrey. He also got fined the other day for throwing his bat after being dismissed. Mindlessly throwing the bat is how one or two Surrey batsmen approach first-class cricket, so he should fit in well. About this time last year, there were a stack of articles
Continue readingJoe Root seems okay
< 1 minute readMost people seem to be saying ‘Joe Root is amazing’ but we’ll take it down a few notches from there. We’re still forming an opinion. There’s no rush. The story so far seems to have followed this course: He looks an excellent stodgy blocker Wait, he can score quick runs
Continue readingSouth African fire v Pakistani ice
< 1 minute readThat is a deeply unsatisfactory title and we’ll tell you why – fire and ice are not equal. No matter how dangerous ice can be, fire is just fundamentally scarier. Talk about fire and it conjures images of blazing infernos. Talk about ice and you think of slipping over and
Continue readingYounus Khan is still around
< 1 minute readFor a man with 21 Test hundreds and an average of over 50 who’s also been involved in his fair share of drama, Younus Khan can be surprisingly low profile. That said, your singy, shouty ‘look at me’ types tend to lack inner steel. Younus is far too busy getting
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